Dish-cleaner.



No. 735,657. PATENTED AUG. 4, 19 03 M. D. GOLBATH. DISH CLEANER.

APP IO TION FILED JULY 16, 1902.

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WITNESSES: INVENTOR III .I r m TTORNEYSJ PATENT-ED AUG.I4-. 19-03. M. '1). GOLBATH. DISH CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16, 1902.

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Patented August 4, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

MONROE D. OOLBATH, OF EASTON, MAINE.

DISH-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,657, dated August 4, 1903.

Application filed July 16, 1902.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MONROE D. CoLBATH, of Easton, in the county of Aroostook and State of Maine, have invented a certain new and useful Dish-Cleaner, of which the following is a specification.

This invention hasfor its obj ect the production of a dish-cleaner which isparticularly simple in construction and highly durable and efficient i1 1 use; and to this end it consists in the devices and combinations hereinafter described and claimed.

Figures 1 and 2, are respectively front and end elevations of my dish-cleaner. Fig.3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. at isan elevation View, partly broken away, of the detached dish-containing receptacle.v Fig. 5 is an elevation of the de-. tached nozzle of the receptacle. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional View through the receptacle B or washing-well, showing the relation of the parts. i

The illustrated embodiment of my dishclea-ner consists, essentially, of a frame A, washing and rinsing fluid containing wells B O D, a track E, a dish-containing receptacle F, and means for discharging the washing fluid upon the dishes inthe receptacle F.

The frame A supports the wells B C D, legs A being provided therefor, although the frame A is usually elongated and the wells B C D. are-generally formed cylindrical. Said frame A is here illustrated as a comparatively shallow tray; but it'may obviously be deepened or dispensed with, as desired. The wells B O D depend one in advance of the other from the frame A and are heated at their lower ends with any suitable means, as gas-burners. (Not illustrated.) \Vater may be introduced hot. The inner wall of the well B is preferably provided with shoulders I), which support the dish-containing receptacle F when within the well B. Said wells B C D are connected at their upper portions by overflowpassages ad, the passage (1 between the wells D D being somewhat higher than the passage 0 between the wells O B. The track E is supc ported above the frame A on uprights A rising from the frame, and is of any suitable construction, being here shown as a longitudinal rail of inverted substantially U -shaped form.

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Said track supports a carriage E, consisting, essentially, of a frame 6 and a pulley e.

As preferably constructed the dish-containing receptacle F is provided with perforated bottom and sides and is detachably engaged with one end ofaflexible connection f, passing over the pulley e and provided at its other end with a handpiece f. Said receptacle F is also provided with a conduit f which generally consists of a lower portion f fixed relatively to the receptacle F and having downwardlydiverging inclosing surfaces,

and an upper portion f, movable on a substantially upright axis and having its upper end-provided with a laterally-extending arm terminating in a depending substantially fanshaped discharge-nozzle f The means for discharging the washing fluid upon the dishes in the receptacle F'consists of a discharge-conduit G and a pump G. Said conduit G is usually extended laterally from the inner wall of the well B and is provided with an inlet communicating with the base of the well B and with an upturned exit end 9, which extends above the shoulders I) and detachably fits within the lower end of the fixed portion of the conduit f The pump G is of any detachable form, size, and construction.

In the operation of the illustrated con struction of my invention the dishes are filled within the receptacle F. Said receptacle is arranged within the well B, and the pump G is actuated to discharge the washing fluid upon the dishes. The nozzle f 5 isof such c011- struction that the water is discharged and deflected to all parts of the dishes irrespective of their shape and thoroughly washes the same. As said nozzle is loosely mounted and free to rotate, it is revolved by the force of the water and in its revolution discharges the washing fluid to all parts of the receptacle F. Said nozzle may, however, be restrained in its revolution by the operators hand for the purpose of discharging the washing fluid for a limited length of time upon an unusually dirty dish. After the dishes are washed the operator grasps the handpiece f, elevates the receptacle F above the well B, and moves the carriage E and the receptacle F lengthwise of the track E until said receptacle is alined with the well 0, whereupon he repeatedly drops and raises said receptacle in the -fluid in the well C and rinses the dishes. He then elevates the receptacle above the well 0, rinses the dishes in the well. D, and upon removing the dishes from said well .D supports the receptacle upon the frame.

The construction and operation of my dishcleaner will now be readily understood upon reference to the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that more or less change may be made in the construction and arrangement of the component parts of said cleaner without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described in y dish -cleaner, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A dish-cleaner comprising a fluidcontaining well, a discharge-conduit having an inlet communicating with the well, a dishcontaining receptacle movable relatively to the well and provided with a conduit detachably communicating with the exit of the discharge-conduit, and means for forcing the fluid through said conduits, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A dish-cleaner comprising a fluid-containing well having its inner wall provided with shoulders, a discharge-conduit having an inlet communicating with the well, a. dislicontaining receptacle movable relatively to the v.wcll into and out of engagement with the shoulders on the inner wall thereof, said receptacle being provided with a conduit detachably communicating with the exit of the discharge-conduit,means for forcing the fluid through said conduits, substantially as and for the purpose described.

A dish-cleaner comprising a fluid-containing well, a discharge-conduit having an inlet communicating with the well, said conduit being extended laterally from the inner wall of the well, and provided with an upturned exit end, adish-containing receptacle movable relatively to the well and provided with a conduit detachably communicating with the exit of the discharge-conduit, and means for forcing the fluid through said conduits, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4:. A dish-cleaner comprising a fluid-containing well, a discharge-conduit having an inlet communicating with the well, a dislicontaining receptacle movable relatively to the well and provided with a conduit detachably communicating with the exit of the discharge-conduit, said receptacle being also provided with a discharge-nozzle communicating with the second conduit and revoluble relatively thereto, and means for forcing the fluid through said conduits and nozzle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

A dish-cleaner comprising a fluid-containing well, a discharge-conduit having an inlet communicating with the well, a dishcontaining receptacle movable relatively to the well,a second conduitconsisting of a lower portion fixed relatively to the dish-containing receptacle and detachabl y communicating with the exit of the discharge-conduit, and an upper portion revoluble ona substantially upright axis and provided with a laterallyextending arm terminating in a nozzle, and means for forcing the fluid through said conduits and nozzle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. A dish-cleaner comprising a fluid-containing well, a discharge-conduit having an inlet communicating with the well, a dishcontaining receptacle movable relatively to the well,asecond conduit consisting of a lower portion fixed relatively to the dish-containing receptacle and having downwardly-diverging inclosing surfaces, and an upper portion revoluble on a substantially upright axis, and having its lower end of asize to closely fitthe exit end of the discharge-conduit and its upper end provided with a laterally-extending arm terminating in a depending substantially fan-shaped nozzle, and means for forcingthe fluid through said conduits and nozzle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. A dish-cleaner comprising washing and rinsing fluid containing wells, a dischargeconduit having an inlet communicating with the washing-well, a dish-containing receptacle movable from one well to the other, a conduit supported by the receptacle and detachably communicating with the exit of the discharge-conduit, means for forcing the washing fluid through 'said conduits, and means for moving the dish-containing receptacle in the fluid in the rinsing-well and thereby rinsing the dishes, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

S. In a dish-cleaner, the combination of a framework; a suitable track above the same; a series of wells, the first of which is provided with forcing means for cleansing the dishes, the remainder of which wells are rinsingwells, the succeeding rinsing-wells having overflows increasing in height as they progress from the washing-well; an overflow drainage-pipe from the washing-well, lower than the overflows from the rinsing-wells; a dish receptacle, or holder, carried byasuitable carriage on said track, and adapted to be raised or lowered therefrom so as to raise the dishes from the washing-well and pass them along and immerse them successively in the rinsing-wells,whereby the rinsing fluid will overflow constantly toward the washingwell without danger of polluting the rinsingwells above the same, coacting for the purpose specified.

9. In a dish-cleaner, the combination of a series of wells, the first of which is provided with forcing means for cleansing the dishes, the remainder of which wells are rinsingwells, the succeeding rinsing-wells having overflows increasing in height as they progress from the washing-well; an overflow drainage-pipe from the washing-well, lower than the overflows from the rinsing-wells; a I In testimony whereoflhave hereunto signed dish receptacle,0r holder,adapted to be raised my name, in the presence of two attesting Witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 10th day of February, 1902.

MONROE D. OOLBATH.

stantl y toward the washing-well without dan- Witnesses: ger of polluting the rinsing-Wells above the MARS RASHKOWER, same, c'oacting for the purpose specified. D. LAVINE.

or lowered so as to raise the dishes from the I washing-well and pass them along and i111- I inerse them successively in the rinsing-wells, whereby the rinsing fluid will overflow con- 

